You see a nice photo on the BBC News website. Can you use it in your web story?

Yes, you can use any photo on the BBC News site.

No, you will be breaching copyright law.

Yes, as long as the photo has one of the following credits: AP, PA, AFP or Getty.

3.) Media law

A celebrity is appearing in court. The case is likely to carry on for some days. What do you do?

Report the case, saying who you think is guilty.

Avoid the story and find something else to cover.

Report the case, sticking to what other newspapers and news websites have reported.

4.) Media law

You want to use some music in one of your reports. What should you do?

Download a song from the internet and use it in your report.

Use music that you or your school have created.

Copy some music from a disk and use it in the report.

5.) Media Law

A national newspaper says a famous musician has been caught making racist comments. What are the risks of reporting it?

It might be upsetting for your audience.

The story will only interest people who are fans of the musician.

The musician might sue for defamation.

6.) Media Law

One of your news team want to use this headline: Teenage murderer about to give evidence in court.
Which type of law might make this headline problematic?

Copyright

Contempt

Privacy

7.) Checking

Whose job is it to approve all articles, scripts, videos and audio before they are published?

Researcher

Editor

Camera operator

8.) News values

You get an anonymous tip-off about an interesting story five minutes before you go on air. You don't have any time to research it. What do you do?

Ask a member of your team if they can find out if the tip is accurate before the broadcast is over.

Report it as fact.

Try to confirm it yourself.

9.) Presenting

You're reading a bulletin and a clip doesn't play when you expect it to. What do you do?

Stop and wait for the gallery to sort out the problem.

Apologise and tell the audience you will try to bring them the story later.

Explain what was in the clip.

10.) Staying safe

You are reading the 2pm bulletin and another School Reporter is joining you on set to discuss their story. How do you introduce them?

Use their first name and last name.

Use their first name only.

Use their first name, last name and the name of your school.

11.) Deadline

You did it! Your reports are finished and the News Day went well. It's nearly the end of the school day, what do you do now?

Remind your teacher that your news needs to be on the school website by 4pm.

Relax!

Get your stuff and go home.

Answers

It's three words a second, which means presenters speak clearly without rushing through their script. As a presenter, you want people to understand what you're telling them. To help you prepare, take a deep breath before you start, sit up straight and smile!

You can use some photos from the BBC News website in your School Report work but only if they have one of the following credits in the bottom right-hand corner: AP, PA, AFP, Getty. That's because the BBC has already asked these news agencies for their permission on your behalf. Remember to reinstate this credit if you crop the photos.

You should avoid the story and find something different to cover. Ongoing court cases can be really tricky to cover as there are lots of laws about what journalists can and can't report. It's less tricky to report once the court case has finished and there is a verdict, but still not easy. As a School Reporter, it's best to avoid covering court stories unless you've had lots of training about the legal system. Also, don't rely on what other journalists have reported, sometimes they get in trouble with the law for reporting something they are not supposed to.

You should use music that you or your school have created. Copyright law protects people's work and if you use something that you don't have permission to, you could be in trouble. To avoid the risk of infringing somebody else's copyright, use music you have created. The only disk you can copy from is the one that School Report sends you, containing BBC news opening and closing titles, stings and jingles for you to use as part of School Report.

The risk is that the musician might sue for defamation. That means, if you report something that you are not sure is true, about someone, and it makes others think less of them, you could be fined. Just because a newspaper has already published it won't protect you - neither will saying the musician "allegedly" made the comments. Be sure of your facts before reporting this kind of story.

Contempt laws could be a problem if you published this headline. There are really strict rules on what journalists can and can't report about ongoing court cases. That's because, it's not fair to label people as guilty unless a judge says so, which happens at the end of a court case. Also, reporting cases that involve under 18s can be even more complicated. For School Report, it's best to avoid covering stories about crime.

It's the editor who has overall responsibility to approve all articles, scripts, videos and audio before they are published. However, everyone on the team should point out anything that doesn't look right.

You should ask a member of your team if they can find out if the tip is accurate before the broadcast is over. It's vital to make sure that what you are broadcasting is true but you can't forget about your responsibility to deliver the news. If you try to confirm it yourself, you could end up missing your on air deadline. Remember, it takes more than one person to put a news broadcast together. Ask your team for help - it's what people in the BBC newsroom do!

You should apologise and tell the audience you will try to bring them the story later. Mistakes happen, even on the best news bulletin. Audiences know this, so stay calm and keep going!

Use their first name only. It's really important that you only use first name when referring to yourself, other School Reporters and any guests who are under 18. This rule applies to the reports you make and also any comments that people post on your school website.

You should remind your teacher that your news needs to be on the school website by 4pm. The BBC links to your school website so it's important your news is online by 4pm on News Day. Remind your teacher - and don't forget to thank them for their help!

Your Score

0 - 3 : Keep working at it

4 - 7 : Good but could be better

8 - 11 : Well done!

As part of our new updated teacher resources, we have produced a series of quizzes designed to test pupils' knowledge and raise interesting discussion points about different aspects of news and journalism.

This quiz is about running a News Day.

The quizzes are also available inside the
'pick and mix' resources
section and the
lesson plans,
but we have reproduced them on individual pages as a way of making it more convenient for distribution in the classroom.

Are you ready to take part in a News Day? See how much you know with this quiz, which also has several scenarios to test how you would react in different situations.

NOTE FOR TEACHERS

The online test gives you the answers at the end of the test. If you are using the quiz worksheet, the answers can be found here:

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